Yay! A July thread! We can always start a part 2 if we reach 150 posts like we did with the June thread. :)

Beautiful flowers, Bunti! What are your thoughts on the scent of the double Rangoon creeper?

My 'Celadine' Plumeria is finally blooming! I bought this as a rooted cutting last year from Almost Eden. The scent is light which is disappointing but I'm wondering if I just need to be patient (which I'm terrible at). Laugh.

Came home at lunch and what I thought was going to be a 'Casa Blanca' lily turned out to be Gold Band (Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum) instead! Didn't have time to enjoy the scent but visually they look great with the false sunflowers behind them. :)

Brassavola nodosa blooming! I've decided it must attract the same nocturnal moths as Brunfelsia gigantea since it smells similar to Brunfelsia gigantea. Sort of that soapy clove like scent.
Anyone else notice this?

All, I think that the rave about the classic plumeria scent is when there are several blooms open at once. I notice it on my Singapore. A single flower is quite light, but when several are open, it's way more noticeable.

Bunti, those jasmines are blooming their heads off! What a sight.

'Dragon Tears' has a light scent

Nice musky scent. The flowers on this seem to last a little longer than normal oriental lilies.

And my Artabotrys again. The flowers are larger than before. I finally got a whiff of the melon aspect in it's scent and I love it even more and more now. At first I thought it was a lot like Michelia figo but the melon notes make it so much better. I am thirsty for a melon-flavored soda now. :))

I do trim my roots in the spring after shaking off as much of the old potting mix as possible.
Your Belle looks amazing! So many blooms!
My Belle blooms average about 2 inches though I also get some that are 1 1/2 across.

Kandhi,

I'm agreeing with Dar that we just need to sniff an inflo with lots of open blooms. I sniffed my neighbor's 'Celadine' (at least that's what I think it is) and the scent strength was pretty similar to mine.

Dar,

Quit getting me interested in artabotrys! Laugh.
I don't think I would dig the melon scent but I know some have more of a lemon scent which I love.
Maybe one day. :)

FREESIA....
Great smell. Usually freesia reminds me of a powdery apricot smell, similar to a primrose, but this year the summer heat has sweetened up its scent. Still that great freesia scent but has no powdery note. Nice!

My aglaia is blooming at the perfect time of the year. Scent wafts beautifully. And that pure sweet, lemony scent... There are only two flowers that smell so pure.. to me at least.. lotus and this plant!

Almost there...
I have had this hoya obscura for over 2 years now. This will be my first hoya bloom. Been waiting for so long. : )

Jasminum tortuosum! When the first single bloom opened I wasn't that impressed and thought the light, clean scent reminded me of J. nitidum however now that more are open I'm liking it's fresh, sorta citrusy scent more and more. :)

This is a grocery store mini. It's a very full lavender rose with a strong lemon fragrance. I've only had it for a month and its sent out three strong canes and 12 buds. Very happy with it so far. The guard petals are so shockingly pink on this rose, that I had to check to make sure it was the lavender rose.
My other lavender roses have pink guard petals, but not this intense.
The camera didn't capture it well...
It also seems prone to blooming in clusters... I'll post the first bloom when it fully opens.
did I mention its super fragrant? It wafts.

This rose is also a grocery store mini. I'm quite pleased with it.
It's very disease resistant, is never without a bloom, has a beautiful folk bushy shape, and smells heavenly.
Iwould say it smells like... a white wine based perfume. like my nemesia.
But stronger and more poignant.

Hello
Bunti
Can u trade grand duke of tuscany supreme and jasmine azoricun and belle of India cuttings if you can root for me that will be great . I have rotted maid of orlean and cestrum nocturnum plant( queen of the night)
Thank you

I have 2 little kids, Dog and my job. I really don't have time to take care of my plants. so I have listed most of my plants on ebay. lot of them are already gone. And even i am making room in my house too. Sorry to say this.

I do have maid of orleans and don't want night queen.
Do you have any other plants mostly out door? You can check my trading page.

'Goldflame' Honeysuckle in bloom; Another lovely plant from dogwooderitternet on eBay.

And man, oh, man, this one is a good wafter. It smells a lot like Pantene Pro-V. It's in a hanging basket so I unhooked it and I took it yards away from any windows to make sure the scent was actually coming from these flowers.

Wow the hoya is getting stronger at night. I finally know why its scent is so familiar.. it has a musky note that reminds me of the stargazer lily. : ) Its scent is pervasive at night. Amazing wafter. I'm beginning to love it. : )

And then here is the Freesia again. The flowers are bright yellow, so cheerful. And its fragrance is just so pretty. Another amazing wafter.

kemistry congrats on your hoya flowers glad you like the scent i think more people should be growing them ;)

beautiful healthy looking Murraya sunpetal yours is just ahead of my bonsai version first flowers just starting to swell i also love the fragrance but technically its more of a citrus then a jasmine :P

So jealous of Kemistry's green thumb. Laugh.
Here's my Hoya obscura 'Major' that I too got from Kartuz and it's growing like mad but no blooms.
Guess I need to be patient but now that I know it's going to smell awesome it's hard to wait! :)

In other news.... fragrant dahlias anyone?
Seriously though.... I went to snip a dahlia I've had for years for a vase. My kitten ( who was helping water the patio plants) wanted love, so I nuzzled his face.
And to my surprise, my dahlia has a fragrance!
It's not strong, and very strange. I would liken it to a very light brassia orchid.
Which is like... hyacinth and baby powder with strong notes of creme
brulee.
It's extremely faint and I have a very sensitive nose. But it's there.

The kitten ( still unnamed) is in the photo as well, since he helped discover it. Plus he's a cute kitten.... and I like sharing him.

In other news.... fragrant dahlias anyone?
Seriously though.... I went to snip a dahlia I've had for years for a vase. My kitten ( who was helping water the patio plants) wanted love, so I nuzzled his face.
And to my surprise, my dahlia has a fragrance!
It's not strong, and very strange. I would liken it to a very light brassia orchid.
Which is like... hyacinth and baby powder with strong notes of creme
brulee.
It's extremely faint and I have a very sensitive nose. But it's there.

The kitten ( still unnamed) is in the photo as well, since he helped discover it. Plus he's a cute kitten.... and I like sharing him.

Thanks for the hoya tip. I do like when the leaves turn red.
I'm going to give it direct morning and evening sun (it gets filtered sun during the day).
Fingers crossed and thanks for the tip! :)

Looks like this might be the last of my lilies. Guess all my 'Casa Blanca' croaked which sucks since they are my fav for scent. They have an awesome clove like perfume.
Oh, well...guess I need to buy some more next spring!

Got 3 new babies and one is blooming!
Jasminum simplicifolium subsp australiense (aka J. volubile) has some blooms that are slightly musky. I think I'm really going to like this one!
Also got Clerodendrum bungei thanks to Butterfly's post!
Finally in the back is Cymbidium Ensifolium 'Long Yen Su Xin'.
I've always wanted a cymbidium and this one is supposed to smell similar to Aglaia odorata (lemony scent). Yum!
Oh, almost forgot...guess I got 4 new babies. Laugh.
Not pictured is a small plant of Brassavola 'Kiilani Stars' (hybrid of B. 'Little Stars' and B. perrinii). Really wanted the species Brassavola perrinii however the ones I found were expensive and this small plant was less than twenty with S&H (I don't want to hear about how I'm rationalizing my choices. Laugh). :)

I live in Dallas, TX and have been looking for Belle of India jasmine for the past 2 years. Here in Dallas I could find Arabian Jasmine, Maid of Orleans, Grand Duke Sambac etc in big box stores and local nurseries but never Belle of India.

I have had issues before with Jasmine plants with online vendors, I prefer to see the plant with flowers before I buy or would like to get recommendations for online nurseries from folks like you who already have blooming Belle of India.

Btw, when you say GDS, is it 'Grand Duke Sambac' or 'Grand Duke Supreme'? I'm told that Supreme variety flowers come in bunches and regular Grand Duke with one flower per stem. is there any other difference?

Below are the pictures of my 'Grand Duke of Tuscany', which has only one flower per stem

Flowers

Grand Duke of Tuscany plant. I think I may need to prune this to raise as a bush

I have two Grand Duke plant, one is a older plant and other is a relatively new plant, which so for had only one flower.

Yes, You are right, Grand Duke stem also has bunch of flowers, at least two in my older grand duke in the below picture

Older Grand duke branch/leaves closeup

Older grand duke plant close up. It has lost some leaves but has lot of new growth. It is about 5 feet tall and I'm growing it on trellis

New Grand Duke pictures

Also could you please help identify another Jasmine plant, I got this from a local nursery in Dallas and the name tag just said Jasmine, the flowers look similar to Mysore mulli but bigger. It doesn't have any flowers now, below are the pictures of the plant

holy moly, for the last one year I thought my Jasmine is GD Tuscany and was thinking to buy or order GD Supreme. Good that I came to this forum and reached out to experienced forum members like you.

Among all (13) of my Jasmine plants, last 2 Jasmine plants (in my above posting), which as per bunti are GD Tuscany are slow growers. They had lot of flowers for their size but only one plant had one new shoot.

Will update the forum when I get flowers in the now revealed GD Tuscany.

Hi Nandakumar & Bunti,
Just a new member of this site saw all your jasmine plant pictures they are very interesting , I too own some jasmine plant i.e Grade duke , Azoricum, Mysore Mulli, Nitidum,Arabian jasmine,confederate Planning to buy jui and Flora plena and tortusum. I stay in Dallas, Texas would love to keep in touch with you all plant lovers. Usually I do buy plants from Logees and http://www.accentsforhomeandgarden.com/ I have a variety of hardy hibiscus (Rose of sharon) different colors would love to share with you all.

Hey guys!! I'm back from a short vacation and can't keep up with all your beautiful blooms!! I see july is sambac month!..
Welcome mamata!!!
Robert your jasmines are beautiful, Kem hoya obscura looks pretty, is it ok to grow them in such big pots? I have mine in tiny ones for fear of rotting them..
Bunti, tell us more about your artabotrys' scent difference, is this hexapetalus? I think dhan's is siamensis..

fenius, my hoya is still in a 6" pot. Last year it didn't grow much but this year i think it is doing catching up. Lots of growth! I find that these hoya have a shallow root system.. Very little roots also.

Here was a full blooming lavender field I went to last weekend. It was glorious. To be there and to breathe in that scent.. it was amazing!

And my Grand Duke that I thought I killed has burst into life, tons of new growth.
And a bud! My first ever Grand Duke bud.... I'm so excited.
It's directly next to my patio table too so I'm excited to smell it wafting.

Thank you guys!
Echinacea eh??
Ordphien, I got them on ebay after I saw a post here ,you can find it from a while ago, the ebay name was timberviewflowerfarm... I don't think he has them now but if you contact him he might offer some again next spring.. Oh, and regarding the cute kitty, as long as you don't name him Durian...!

The one I'm proudest of, since this plant was given to me, almost dead about 6 weeks ago. She had been dried - and all her leaves turned so brown I had to cut away half of her branches.

But she's been doing much better - and, she'd been showing quite a few buds - although, she's dropped quite a few of them too. This beautiful flower presented itself when I opened up the shade to get in her weekly watering session.

So, goes to show what full indirect light will do for a gardenia plant... this probably isn't thriving - but she appears healthy. I'm so happy to see her flower!

So while my MOO jasmine at home has 35 buds (none yet opened) - I still am most impressed that I salvaged a gardenia plant.

", I'm patting myself on the back!" and so you should be :) as much as i love Gardinia they can be very fickle plants hoping i have more luck with the hardy varieties yours is looking happy and healthy roseyd :)
and just for you a few more orchids in flower

vanda coerulea var Rosea

colmanara wildcat

Burrageara nelly isle fragrant

Oncidopsis Papageno 'Mi Amour'!!! Fragrant!!! one i got from Canada

epiphyllum cooperi one of the best if not the best for fragrance well worth staying up at night just to get a sniff

Ordphien...Thanks for the suggestions.
Any nursery recommendations?
I have one or two 'baby' variegated Phals, barely hanging on. One was purchased from Thailand..arrived when cold
I also have O. Philo Schilleriana, purchased 2009. This pic was taken 2011...need to update photos..

For some reason your last photos didn't come up. At least on my puter screen. All I see is a red X. Toni